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This morning we were greeted with a sumptuous breakfast of juice, tomato and cucumber salad, olives, dried figs, apricots and sultanas, a fried egg presented in a Turkish dish, plenty of bread with condiments, a small chocolate cake/muffin and excellent tea and coffee. So generous and so lovely with it. Then we went exploring just outside the fortress walls. First we walked to the Anatolian Antiquities Museum. It was stupendous. The displays were of ...

... fish and a lamb and tomato hotpot, so we ordered one of each. Soon a group of seven came in and were recommended the same meals, then a group of four, followed by a group of three. The little courtyard restaurant was buzzing, but our man had it all sorted - everyone was ordering the two meals he wanted us to! He was also a great fan of Münir Nurettin Selçuk a famous Turkish tenor of the 50's and 60's. Photos of him adorned the wall and his voice rang out of the ...

... artefacts discovered by archaeologists are amazing – revealing how advanced and creative mankind has been since the Neolithic Age 6800- 5700 B.C. If you come to Ankara, it is definitely worth visiting this museum.

*A short walk from the museum up the hill leads to the old Citadel of Ankara. This is the location of the oldest part of the city and from the castle walls you get a great panoramic view of the city. It is in various stages of renovation ...

... at a cafe in the nearby village of Cavusin. There was a huge rock cut building over a few different levels which had been a church before serving as a pigeon house.

After our ride we went up to the Goreme Open Air Museum which was just up the road. Basically it is a large area with the best collection of painted cave churches and other related buildings, some of which you could go inside. The paintings inside the few we went in were amazing. The colours ...

Tomorrow we set off on our road-trip to Istanbul, after 3 relaxing days in Torba, just outside Bodrum. We came to Bodrum knowing that it was a popular package-holiday destination for Brits, but were pleasantly surprised to find it a relatively unspoilt, charming town, with a beautiful harbour packed predominantly with traditional gulets rather than power yachts, and a very nice upmarket side ...